1 of 227:More detailSeries: D9520 Image#: 4 Date: 03-13-1940In 1940, the heated election fight between former mayor Melvin G. Tennent and Harry P. Cain ended in March with Mr. Cain elected mayor of Tacoma. Mr. Cain's name had been placed on the ballot by a superior court mandamus order days before the election. "This is the dirtiest deal ever pulled in the city of Tacoma," declared a bitter Mr. Tennent after the election. The Tacoma Times journeyed to the Cain's home on Wednesday, March 13, 1940, to photograph the newly elected mayor and his family. Harry P. Cain II (Buzzy), age two, and his small dog Ricky pose for the camera the morning after his father's victory. (T.Times, 3-13-40, p. 1) ALBUM 12.

2 of 227:More detailSeries: D9520 Image#: 1 Date: 03-13-1940Successful candidates. Mayor-Elect Harry P. Cain, wife Marjorie and son Harry II (Buzzy) at home the morning after Mr. Cain's 1800+ vote-victory over former mayor Melvin G. Tennent. Mr. Cain's name was ordered placed on the ballot replacing the recently deceased Bert Kerstetter who had defeated Mr. Cain in the primary. Defeated candidate Tennent vowed to appeal; Mr. Cain indicated he would ignore the attack on his eligibility and take an automobile tour to California and the south and planned to study municipal government along the way. (T. Times, 3-13-40, p. 1). ALBUM 12.

3 of 227:More detailSeries: D33388 Image#: 4 Date: 05-13-1948Little Marlyce (Candy) Cain has eyes only for her father, Senator Harry P. Cain, as mother Marjorie and older brother Harry II (Buzzy) look on. Senator Cain may be heading off on a trip as he has a suitcase next to him. Harry P. Cain was formerly the mayor of Tacoma before his election to the U.S. Senate. ALBUM 13. TPL-10184

4 of 227:More detailSeries: D12929 Image#: 6 Date: 06-13-1942Movie star Lana Turner in a 1942 War Bond sales appearance at Victory Square, South 10th Street between "A" and Pacific Avenue. Harry Cain II (Buzzy) leans on the shoulder of his father, Mayor Harry P. Cain, to Miss Turner's right. Other men and small boy in the photograph are not identified.

5 of 227:More detailSeries: TPL Image#: 5191 Date: 08-22-1942On August 22, 1942, Mayor Harry Cain asks a large crowd in front of Victory House in Los Angeles' Pershing Square for "all-out war aid." Cain was in town to address California members of the U.S. Conference of Mayors at their mid-summer session. He spoke on August 21st on "The Civilian Defense Program in Oregon and Washington." A month later he returned to LA to keynote the California Mayors' Conference. ALBUM 13 (T.Times 8-20-42, p. 9; T.Times 8-25-42, p. 1-articles on Mayor Cain's trip)

6 of 227:More detailSeries: TPL Image#: 5188B Date: ca. 1940Mayor Harry P. Cain with personal secretary Pearl Rehbock at his office in (Old) City Hall. A Washington Association of Cities publication is on his desk blotter, City of Atlanta Traffic Study in his "IN" box. Mrs. Rehbock appears to be taking the mayor's dictation in this ca. 1940 photograph. ALBUM 12.

7 of 227:More detailSeries: TPL Image#: 5188A Date: ca. 1940Mayor Harry P. Cain with personal secretary Pearl Rehbock at his office in (Old) City Hall about 1940. She appears to be taking dictation. There is a copy of a Washington Association of Cities publication on his desk blotter and a City of Atlanta Traffic Study in his "IN" box. By the 1942 City Directory, Mrs. Rehbock of the Steilacoom Lake area, was listed as the office manager of the USO-YMCA. ALBUM 12.

8 of 227:More detailSeries: TPL Image#: 5183 Date: ca. 1940Mayor Harry P. Cain takes notes with a very long pencil during a meeting a few months after he had won election as the city's chief executive. All eyes -and grins- are directed toward the man seated at the extreme right next to Mayor Cain. ALBUM 13.

9 of 227:More detailSeries: TPL Image#: 5182 Date: 03-00-1942First broadcast from new studio at Labor Temple. Mayor Harry P. Cain is pictured at the microphone in mid-March of 1942 at the Labor Temple's new studio. L to R: Unidentified, Dr. Warren E. Tomlinson of College of Puget Sound, Marjorie Cain, Mayor Cain, Norman Schut, Building Service Workers Union #38 President. Photograph ordered by the Building Service Workers Union #38. ALBUM 13

10 of 227:More detailSeries: TPL Image#: 5181 Date: 03-00-1942First broadcast from new studio at Labor Temple. Mayor Harry P. Cain participated in the first broadcast from the Labor Temple's new studio in March of 1942. L to R: Edward J. Jansen, Dr. Warren E. Tomlinson of College of Puget Sound, Marjorie Cain, Mayor Harry P. Cain, Norman Schut, Building Service Workers Union #38 President. Photograph ordered by the Building Service Workers Union #38. ALBUM 13 (Additional identification provided by a reader)

11 of 227:More detailSeries: TPL Image#: 5177 Date: ca. 1941Harry Cain, Mayor of Tacoma and later United States Senator, talks with a group of men. Mayor Cain is standing, third from the left. ALBUM 13

12 of 227:More detailSeries: TPL Image#: 5176 Date: ca. 1941Harry Cain, Mayor of Tacoma and later United States Senator, visits the State Capitol in Olympia. The man he is shaking hands with appears to be Lt. Governor Victor ("Vic") Meyers, an ex- bandleader, who is on the left. Others in the group were not identified. ALBUM 13

13 of 227:More detailSeries: TPL Image#: 4583 Date: ca. 1941Mayor Harry P.Cain, seated at desk, speaks with a group of intently listening men in his office at (Old) City Hall. Bob O'Neil, Public Utilities Commissioner, is seated to Cain's left.

14 of 227:More detailSeries: KP Image#: 240 Date: 09-07-1942Visit of actress Joan Leslie and actors Adolphe Menjou and Walter Pidgeon with Tacoma Mayor Harry P. Cain to Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation. Miss Leslie smilingly adjusts her hat as Mr. Menjou courteously waits. Mayor Cain is just behind the pair as is Walter Pidgeon. A veteran of many films, Mr. Menjou was perhaps best known for his Oscar nominated role in The Front Page (1931). Mr. Pidgeon, a stalwart in MGM productions, co-starred with Greer Garson in seven films, including the Oscar-winning Mrs. Miniver. He also appeared in 1941's Best Picture, How Green Was My Valley, for 20th Century Fox. The three thespians were in town to headline the Labor Day show at the dedication of Tacoma's war activity outdoor theater at the Liberty Center. Thousands were able to see them at the Tacoma-Seattle Shipyards as the trio briefly stopped for a war bonds promotional ceremony. (TNT 9-7-42, p. 1, TNT 9-8-42, p. 1) ALBUM 5.

15 of 227:More detailSeries: KP Image#: 234 Date: 09-07-1942Actress Joan Leslie waves to the crowd of shipyard workers who surrounded her and the other dignitaries when they visited the Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation yard on September 7, 1942. Miss Leslie perched on the back seat of an open automobile where she can easily be seen by the massive crowd. Leon E. Titus, the chairman of the Pierce County War Savings staff (far right), Tacoma Mayor Harry P. Cain and H.S. McIllvaigh of the Tacoma Central Labor Council sat in front of her. Miss Leslie was only 17 at the time of her Tacoma appearance but she had been in films since the age of 11 when she appeared in Camille under her given name Brodel. Before she turned 18, she had acted in High Sierra and Yankee Doodle Dandy. Miss Leslie and veteran actors Walter Pidgeon and Adolphe Menjou spent a busy day in Tacoma promoting war bond sales. (TNT 9-7-42, p. 1, TNT 9-8-42, p. 1) ALBUM 5. SSPA - 07-SEP-2011

16 of 227:More detailSeries: HBS Image#: 010 Date: 02-03-1946On Sunday February 3, 1946, a dinner was held at the Tacoma USO #2, 713-15 Commerce St., honoring the 5th anniversary of USO operation. The United Service Organizations, or USO, was incorporated in New York Feb. 4, 1941 by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, who believed it was important for private citizens to take responsibility for the on-leave recreation needs of service members. One of the guests of honor for the Tacoma celebration was Mayor Harry Cain, standing center, who attended with his wife Marjorie, last woman seated left. Seated to the right of Mayor Cain was Mr. Arthur Hayes, chairman of the club's operating committee. The other individuals at the table were unidentified. (TNT 2/3/1946, pg. A-7, 2/4/1946, pg. 1; www.uso.org) photograph by F.L. Powell of Tacoma; courtesy of the Helen B. Stafford collection

17 of 227:More detailSeries: G24.1 Image#: 071 Date: 04-30-1943Mayor Harry P. Cain (standing, right) listens to counsel E. K. Murray's case on April 30, 1943, during the Einar Langseth impeachment hearing. From L-R, Corporation Counsel Howard Carothers, E.K. Murray (standing), Public Safety Commissioner Einar Langseth, Public Utilities Commissioner R.D. "Bob" O'Neil, Finance Commissioner C. Val Fawcett (standing), Public Works Commissioner Abner Bergersen and Mayor Cain. Mr. Murray, counsel for Commissioner Langseth, refused to allow the commissioner to be the first to testify at the trial. Mayor Cain had pressed for the impeachment of Commissioner Langseth on charges that he had permitted open gambling in Tacoma. Attorney Murray claimed that these charges were not sufficient, from a point of law, to justify removal from office. E.K. Murray was a former city attorney and was one of the freeholders who drew up the (then) city charter in 1927. He was successful in his defense of Mr. Langseth. (NWR clipping file: TNT 5-1-43, 4-30-43, T. Times 5-1-43, 4-30-43, 4-28-43)

18 of 227:More detailSeries: G24.1 Image#: 070 Date: 04-30-1943Mayor Harry P. Cain (at left) questions Public Safety Commissioner Einar Langseth during impeachment hearings on April 30, 1943. City Clerk Genevieve Martin, Tacoma Times staff reporter William Simmons and Secretary to the Mayor, E.M. Wetherall, listen to the testimony. Mayor Cain questioned Mr.Langseth at length after he had been sworn in as a witness. The mayor had called several witnesses and testified himself in an effort to prove to the other three council members that the commissioner had permitted open gambling on a wide scale. Counsel for the defendant, E.K. Murray, waived final argument, thereby thwarting the mayor's plan to summarize the case. Commissioner Langseth retained his position with a 3-1 vote. (NWR clipping file: TNT 5-1-43, 4-30-43, T.Times 5-1-43, 4-30-43, 4-28-43)

19 of 227:More detailSeries: G24.1 Image#: 068 Date: 04-30-1943Mayor Harry P. Cain testifies at Einar Langseth's impeachment hearing on April 30, 1943. Mr. Langseth was serving as Public Safety Commissioner in 1943 when Mayor Cain sought to remove him from office in his belief that the commissioner had permitted gambling in Tacoma. By a 3-1 vote on Friday afternoon, April 30, 1943, the city council voted against sustaining the impeachment charges made against Commissioner Langseth. Mayor Cain cast the sole vote for impeachment. Einar Langseth would end his four year term in June, 1946, and be succeeded by Robert Temme. View of Mayor Cain on stand; behind the mayor are Nick Allen, United Press, E.M. Wetherall, Secretary to the Mayor and Howie Clifford, TNT. (NWR clipping file: TNT 5-1-43, 4-30-43, T.Times 5-1-43, 4-30-43, 4-28-43)

20 of 227:More detailSeries: G24.1 Image#: 066 Date: 04-30-1943Mayor Harry P. Cain (R) listens to attorney E.K. Murray during the impeachment hearing of Public Safety Commissioner Einar S. Langseth on Friday, April 30, 1943, at (Old) City Hall. Mayor Cain had filed charges that gambling was conducted in Tacoma with the knowledge of Commissioner Langseth. Mayor Cain would serve as his own counsel. It was a decision by the council, by a 3-1 vote, that Einar Langseth be absolved of "knowingly and willfully" permitting gambling. Mayor Cain cast the only "no" vote. (NWR clipping file: T.Times 5-1-43, 4-30-43, 4-28-43, TNT 4-30-43)